James Mc NuttAge: 671818–1885
- Name
- James Mc Nutt
- Given names
- James
- Surname
- Mc Nutt
| Birth | about 1818 Scotland |
| Marriage | Eliza Gregg - View family |
| Australian History | 1818 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 6) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 7) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 10) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 11) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 12) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 13) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 14) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 15) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 17) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 18) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 20) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 22) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 23) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 24) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 25) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 27) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 7 December 1846 (Age 28)
daughter -
Elizabeth Mc Nutt
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 32) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 33) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 35) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 36) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 37) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 38) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 39) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 40) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 41) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 42) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 43) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 44) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 45) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Elizabeth Mc Nutt - View family 4 October 1866 (Age 48) Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
son-in-law -
William Gibson
daughter -
Elizabeth Mc Nutt
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 15 April 1868 (Age 50) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
grandson -
James M. Gibson
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 50) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 51) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 54) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 4 November 1873 (Age 55) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
granddaughter -
Ida Gertrude Gibson
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| Australian History | 1873 (Age 55) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 57) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 60) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 61) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 62) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 1 July 1882 (Age 64) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
granddaughter -
Jesse Gibson
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 64) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 65) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death | 15 January 1885 (Age 67) |
| Family with Eliza Gregg - View family |
| himself |
James Mc Nutt
Birth about 1818 Scotland Death 15 January 1885 (Age 67) Loading...
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| wife |
Eliza Gregg
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Elizabeth Mc Nutt
Birth 7 December 1846 28 Death 25 November 1939 (Age 92) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #2 son |
William Mc Nutt
Death Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #3 daughter |
Margaret Mc Nutt
Death Near Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #4 daughter |
Jane Mc Nutt
Death Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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| #5 daughter |
Jessie Mc Nutt
Death Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #6 daughter |
Florence Mc Nutt
Death yes Loading...
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| #7 son |
Robert Mc Nutt
Death Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #8 son |
David Mc Nutt
Death Louisiana, USA Loading...
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| #9 son |
Joseph Mc Nutt
Death Kansas, USA Loading...
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| #10 daughter |
Viola Mc Nutt
Death yes Loading...
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| #11 daughter |
Emma Mc Nutt
Death yes Loading...
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| #12 daughter |
Mary Mc Nutt
Death Espyville, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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| #13 daughter |
Gertrude Mc Nutt
Death Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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